As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

The rate of acquisition of genomic changes in cancer has been the topic of much discussion, with several recent investigations finding evidence of punctuated evolution instead of gradual accumulation ...

A University of Michigan researcher has discovered an early innovation in the way fish eat. A scientist from the University ...

How is it that organisms are so damned good at evolving to overcome environmental challenges? This is a question that has long been posed by researchers, but the answers have not been overly clear.

Supraordinal relationships of primates and their time of origin -- A molecular classification for the living orders of placental mammals and the phylogenetic placement of primates / MS Springer, WJ ...